Description You will be the primary owner of our Laravel-based backend systems - including multiple subdomains, internal admin tools, webviews used by iOS/Android apps, and several high-traffic API endpoints that integrate with our legacy .NET/C# API server. This role blends architecture, hands-on development, performance tuning, refactoring, and cross-team collaboration with our mobile, product, design, and data teams.
You'll work on a modern Laravel 12 codebase with jobs, DTOs, API resources, complex caching, external integrations, and large relational datasets (MSSQL). You will have a major impact on system reliability, developer experience, code quality, and shaping how our web stack evolves.
This is a great role for an engineer who loves ownership, clean architecture, performance, and building systems that need to scale.
What You'll Own (Key Responsibilities)1. Core Laravel Architecture & Development
- Maintain and evolve a large Laravel 12 ecosystem with multiple subdomains and route domains.
- Build and maintain APIs consumed by iOS, Android, watchOS, and internal admin systems.
- Implement robust architecture using DTOs, API Resources, traits, enums, jobs, and caching strategies.
- Ship clean, maintainable, well-tested code using best practices (SOLID, DRY, PSR, Pint, feature tests, etc.).
2. Multi-Subdomain Infrastructure
- Own the routing system that dynamically loads route files based on subdomain rules.
- Manage complex InertiaJS + Vue3 integrations for our admin tools and webviews.
- Ensure seamless behavior across Android/iOS webviews and browser contexts.
3. Performance, Scaling & Reliability
- Optimize database access (MSSQL), Eloquent relationships, indexing, and caching layers.
- Design and manage high-volume background jobs (e.g., Stripe renewal workflows, scheduled jobs, bulk emailing).
- Maintain and optimize server infrastructure (EC2, ELB, Forge/Envoyer); familiarity with Laravel queues a plus for future scaling initiatives
4. Integrations & External Systems
- Maintain integration with the legacy .NET API system.
- Integrate with third-party services including Stripe, Campaign Monitor/EventBridge, Golf Genius, and others.
- Build and maintain DTO pipelines for merging external data with our Course + Player models.
5. Code Quality, Tooling & Developer Experience
- Lead improvements to our coding standards, documentation, tests, and CI/CD workflows.
- Enhance internal tooling for logs, admin dashboards, data exports, auditing, and API responses.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to the rest of the team where needed.
6. Cross-Team Technical Leadership
- Work closely with mobile engineers to provide fast, reliable API endpoints.
- Collaborate with product and design on new features and projects.
- Participate in roadmap discussions and provide architectural direction and tradeoff analysis.
Requirements What We're Looking ForRequired
- 5+ years of professional PHP experience, 3+ in Laravel
- Strong experience with complex relational models and performance optimization
- Deep understanding of jobs, caching, and scalable API design
- Experience building Vue3 or InertiaJS views or willingness to learn quickly
- Comfort working in AWS or similar cloud environments
- Strong debugging skills across the stack
- Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate across teams
- Ownership mindset, comfortable being the primary subject-matter expert on a system
Nice to Have
- Experience with MSSQL specifically
- Experience with mobile webviews (iOS WKWebView / Android WebView quirks)
- Experience integrating with legacy systems
- Knowledge of Stripe billing, webhooks, or subscription systems
- Experience with Histoire or component-driven UI stories
- Familiarity with performance monitoring (DataDog, CloudWatch, etc.)
- .NET C# experience
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